Dr. Ahalapitiya H. Jayatissa
Professor and Director of the Nanotechnology & MEMS Laboratory
Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Nitschke Hall 4049
Phone: (419) 530-8245
Fax: (419) 530-8206
Email: ahalapitiya.jayatissa@utoledo.edu
Biography
Dr. Jayatissa has been serving as a Professor and Director of the Nanotechnology and MEMS laboratory of the MIME department. His current research is in synthesis and application of nanomaterials, semiconductor devices, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and energy conversion and storage devices. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), DARPA, and the US Department of Energy. He is one of the recipients of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2003 for his research. Jay also won the outstanding faculty research award in Engineering in 2011 and the Excellence in Supervision of Undergraduate Research Award in 2012.
Before joining UT, Jay worked at the Imaging Device Division at the Research and Technical Laboratory (STRL) of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) in Tokyo and the Materials and Chemistry Divisions at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA. He worked in R&D of Science and Technical Research Laboratory at Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Tokyo, Japan in 1996-1999. He has authored/coauthored more than 200 refereed papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan (1995). Jay earned his BS in Physical Science with honors and MPhil in Physics from Ruhuna University. He is a winner of a scholarship from the Japan Ministry of Education (MONBUSHO, 1992) for his PhD studies and a Research Fellowship from the Science and Technology Corporation in Japan (JST, 1996).
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, 2000) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME, 2000). Jay is also an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, 2000) and the International Society for Optical Engineers (SPIE, 2000).
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, 2000) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME, 2000). Jay is also an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, 2000) and the International Society for Optical Engineers (SPIE, 2000).
Research Interests
- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS),
- Nanotechnology,
- Advanced Coating,
- Thin Films,
- Nanomaterials,
- Sensors,
- Renewable Energy